Monologue

Wallenstein Monologue from The Piccolomini: A Play

From The Piccolomini: A Play by Friedrich Schiller

male · dramatic · 1:21 min

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The voice of my child! [Then after a pause. I was indignant at my destiny, That it denied me a man-child, to be Heir of my name and of my prosperous fortune, And re-illume my soon-extinguished being In a proud line of princes. I wronged my destiny. Here upon this head, So lovely in its maiden bloom, will I Let fall the garland of a life of war, Nor deem it lost, if only I can wreath it, Transmuted to a regal ornament, Around these beauteous brows. [He clasps her in his arms as PICCOLOMINI enters. (COUNTESS: There comes the Paladin who protected us.) Max.! Welcome, ever welcome! Always wert thou The morning star of my best joys! (MAX: My general----) Till now it was the emperor who rewarded thee, I but the instrument. This day thou hast bound The father to thee, Max.! the fortunate father, And this debt Friedland's self must pay.

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40s · longing · family · identity · fate · ambition

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